Tailor Love

Carla is an amazing tailor and I highly recommend her. Over the past 4 years I have brought in a variety of clothes (regular pant hems, jackets, saving old sentimental clothes, formal dress alterations, leather purse alteration) and she has done an exceptional job on the alterations. I appreciate that she collaborates with me in order to ensure the finished project is what I envisioned. She communicates when the job will be completed, and even sends you a reminder text.

I haven’t seen my dress yet, because she hasn’t made it, but so far my experience has been stellar!
My sister used Carla at Tailor Love to make her wedding dress, and it came out exactly how she envisioned it. So when I got engaged & wanted something a little different, of course I came to her!
Carla has been a total doll. She’s friendly, helpful, and gives great advice and has a keen eye for design. I know my dress will be perfect, because I know she will help change things if I don’t love them!
Plus, getting a dress made is less expensive, and much more personal than buying something off a rack. Be original! This is your wedding!

Carla is honestly the best tailor I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with, hands down. As someone that needs to alter most if not all of her clothes (I’m on the extremely petite-​side), Carla somehow manages to make my wardrobe fit perfectly! I’ve taken probably over 50 pieces to her over 3 years, and we’ve even collaborated to create custom-​made clothes. She’s reworked pants, tops, denim, coats, you name it, she’s done it.
I cannot recommend her enough, she has me as a customer for life!

Went to get a cocktail dress altered for a party and wow she did an amazing job! She followed exactly to specifications and she charges very reasonably. Carla and her staff are very talented and I will be back. If your a bride and need your dress tailored go and see her!

I love Carla! She does an amazing job and has very reasonable prices. I bring everything to her — pants to be hemmed, purse straps to be fixed, holes in clothes to be patched, and even my wedding dress. She did an awesome job hemming and bustling my wedding dress and charged me less than $ 100 for both, which is an awesome deal for wedding dress alterations. She has a turnaround time of about two weeks, but will allow you to make an appointment a few weeks in advance if you can’t part with something for that long. I usually communicate with her via text, and she is very responsive, which makes things super easy and saves me time. I highly recommend Tailor Love.

I went to see Carla with a recommendation from a friend who used her before she moved out of San Diego. I needed alterations on a bridesmaids dress and I needed them ASAP (my poor planning of course). She did a WONDERFUL job! The only downside is she was very very busy so I only got my dress the day before I flew out for the wedding. Not her fault that shes so great that she is very busy. But she texted me to remind me when my dress was ready and was really kind despite my struggle with the dress and needing it very quickly. I would absolutely go back to her again!

I’ve been to Carla two times now for alteration on bridesmaid dresses and she has done a great job.
My most recent visit involved alterations on a sequin filled evening gown that was taken in two or three sizes. The turn around time was two weeks. She needed an extra day, but called me with enough notice to come back the next day to pick it up. The cost was $ 50.
Carla’s my go-​to girl!

Carla does an amazing job. She is so friendly and helps you make good decisions with the tailoring. I always get pants and shirts hemmed and fitted. She recently went out of her way to change the fit after we realized the pants needed to be thinner not only taken in. Thanks Carla

I went to Tailor Love after seeing other Unilocal reviews. I lost some weight and wanted some clothes altered to keep wearing them. Carla did a great job and also has a good eye for fashion and recommending appropriate lengths and drape. She always completed the job on or before the date promised and promptly texted me for pick up.
Just recently, I asked her to modify a costume for me with fabric I purchased and this project too was well executed and looked amazing! Carla and her staff are professional, very nice and great to work with. Highly recommended
PS Parking is better if you go down 6^th Avenue to Pennsylvania and then turn right on 5^th Avenue and look for parking on both sides going north to Carla’s shop.

Carla is great. Excellent work and good pricing.
I surely recommend her to anyone and everyone… very dedicated, and really cares.
Thank you, Carla! :)

Carla and her team are amazing… Carla does an awesome job!
I’ve taken dozens of clothing articles to her… the wait is a bit long but the quality of work is excellent.
She really cares about her work, and seems like she really cares about me as a customer.
HIGHLY recommended. She is kind, does great work, and prices are really reasonable.
THANK YOU CARLA!

Glad I called first… Saw the sign that said same day service on tailor alterations … nope 2 week wait. soooo glad I called first. Big pet peeve of mine is signage that is false period. enough said…

Can’t say enough good about Carla and her crew at Tailor Love! They are honest, reasonably priced and do a great job with everything they get… I have had all my pants tapered, suits done, jackets adjusted and every time no matter what the material they get it done right the first time!
Plus I love that she shoots me a text as soon as she is done!
You can’t go wrong and you can’t beat the price and quality!

Great service and reasonable price. Carla is so easy to work with, I would recommend this place to anyone!

I am beyond thrilled to have found such a fantastic tailor in my neighborhood. I had a bridesmaid dress and 2 uniform skirts tailored here and they did an amazing job. The employees were courteous, timely, and incredibly helpful and I will most definitely use them for all of my alterations in the future. So impressed!

I just got my wedding dress back and cannot brag enough about the care and quality of alterations done here. The staff is professional and were patient with my needs. Carla is a perfectionist and it really shows in her work. Some things I wouldn’t have noticed but she definitely has an eye for detail. She made me feel so comfortable and had each set of alterations done in a very timely manner for an extremely reasonable price. I also had a bridesmaid dress altered here about a year ago and had the same experience. Can’t recommend strongly enough!

Well, it’s official, they’ve now tailored my entire closet.
No kidding, I started with a couple of tough projects (that at the time I didn’t know could be fixed)– bringing-​in/​patching a waxed canvas jacket, bringing-​in a HEAVY leather motorcycle jacket, and bringing-​in a thin/​delicate hoodie.
Not only were they able to do the work on the strange materials– but Carla was super patient working through the finer details of the fitment with me. The finished work was great, and at the perfect pricepoint!
That brought me back in to have all of my button-​down shirts altered– because they were generally too loose through the midsection and arms. Carla spent over 30 minutes fitting me through each individual shirt. The work came out fabulous!
Then came the pants, and the shorts– new hems, slimmed the fit through each of the legs, and even turned a pair of ¾ length bike shorts into above-​the-​knees shorts.
Now it’s a silk liner for a work jacket, a few patches sewn on here and there… I could go on for days.
Bottom line– they’ve tailored every piece of my clothing besides my underwear, socks, and t-​shirts. And who knows, maybe at the price and level of work they’re doing, I’ll bring those in too!
Great and honest shop– they’ve got my business.

The best Tailor in SD!
I feel so lucky to have found Tailor Love. Carla and her staff provide precise tailoring at affordable prices. They’re so friendly, trustworthy and always get my items back in a timely matter.
Carla is also a very talented dressmaker, in fact she can really make anything if you ask her. We’re almost finished with my custom made wedding gown :) and working on a New Years Eve party gown. I’m so excited! I will post pictures later.
I also want to mention Carla made custom halloween costumes for my fiancé and I while he was overseas, they turned out amazing!
Thank you Tailor Love!

Still love Tailor Love! I have now taken jeans, a blouse, a blazer, a party dress, and a bridesmaid dress here for tailoring. Carla and her staff have done a fantastic job each time. And I can’t beat the cost. The hem for the bridesmaid dress, with three layers of organza, was $ 30 or so. Maybe I’ve watched too much What Not to Wear but tailoring really does make a difference in terms of cut and comfort.
The one thing to be aware of is that the shop is really busy during wedding season; lots of brides go here (I know, I see the dresses in the dressing room). So an alteration may not be ready for two weeks or so. With enough planning, it shouldn’t be issue.

Best experience possible at Tailor Love! Love you Carla! Here’s my story:
I had a terrible experience at Ogden’s cleaners and alterations in Hilcrest for a costume alteration. Explained exactly what I needed to Ogden’s and when I needed my costume back. I was told they would call me back that day for confirmation if they can or can’t fix my costume. I did not get a call back, I called, told I would get a call back the next day … And on and on the run around went wasting my time for 5 days until Ogden’s called back to say they could not do ANY alterations for me. When I picked up my costume, the woman tossed my costume carelessly on the counter, muttered sorry and wouldn’t make eye contact, jaw dropping horrible service!
I panicked because I had wasted 5 days with Ogden’s and had only a few days left to have my costume ready. I asked around for suggestions and my friend recommend Tailor Love.
I immediately contacted them and Carla is an angel!
I told her my experience with the Ogden’s. Carla was kind enough to say she’d look at my costume that day and realistically said she wasn’t sure if she could get it done in time because I was down to less than 72 hours.
I dropped it off, cute shop btw, and went to work wishfully thinking…
Carla, the angel she is, was able to fix my costume and the price was reasonable. I was so pleased with my costume. Thank you Carla so much!
This is an honest shop with skill.